The1969–70 Football League Cup was the tenth season of theFootball League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition started on 12 August 1969 and ended with the final on 7 March 1970.
The final was contested byFirst Division teamManchester City andFirst Division sideWest Bromwich Albion atWembley Stadium in London.Jeff Astle opened the scoring for Albion after five minutes, becoming the first player to score in the final of both the League Cup and FA Cup at Wembley. He had already scored in the first leg of the 1966 League Cup Final four years previously at West Ham United's Boleyn Ground. City equalised throughMike Doyle to send the game into extra-time, and eventually won 2–1, withGlyn Pardoe scoring the winner.
This was the first season in which all ninety-two football league clubs competed in the tournament.
Of the 92 teams, 36 received abye to the second round (teams ranked 1st–35th in the1968–69 Football League, plus 1969 League Cup winnersSwindon Town) and the other 56 played in the first round. Semi-finals weretwo-legged.
Round
Main date
Fixtures
Clubs
New entries this round
Original
Replays
First Round
13 August 1969
28
10
92 → 64
56 (teams ranked 14th–22nd in Second Division; all Third and Fourth Division exceptSwindon Town)
Second Round
3 September 1969
32
9
64 → 32
36 (teams ranked 1st–13th in Second Division; all First Division; Swindon Town as holders)
